Chapter 224: Qi and Wei form an alliance

After the court debate, the huge war machine of the Zhao State military began to rotate. A large number of troops and money were transported to Bohai County, Qinghe County, and Shangdang County. In order to go south to the Central Plains, Zhao State began to prepare everything very early. Now the money and food accumulated by Zhao State is enough for 800,000 to the Central Plains for three years. This is the confidence that Zhao State dares to go south.

Zhao's big moves must be hidden from Qi and Wei. Besides, Qi and Wei have long been keeping Zhao in the face of it. As long as there is any disturbance in Zhao, Qi and Wei can know it in the shortest time, and Zhao did not deliberately conceal it.

After learning about Zhao's big moves, Qi and Wei also began to prepare for everything. This was an unprecedented war. Throughout history, no country would have used so many troops to fight a war. The Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period, the Battle of Qin to destroy Chu, and the Battle of Pengcheng that fought against Chu and Han were not as good as this battle. Qi and Wei had to take out all their strength.

There were frequent mobilizations between the Central Plains and Hebei, while Qi and Wei were both very clear about their own strength. They were not opponents of Zhao when fighting alone, so these two powerful Central Plains moved towards union in a tacit understanding, and the envoys between the two sides began to communicate with each other.

Qi and Linzi, after receiving the news that Zhao would go south at any time, Wei immediately sent Prime Minister Ma Rong to Linzi to discuss the alliance with the King of Qi.

"The foreign minister Ma Rong pays homage to the King of Qi!" In the palace of the King of Qi, Ma Rong saluted to the King of Qi.

The King of Qi smiled and said, "There is no need to be too polite to the horse, please get up quickly!"

"Thank you, King Qi!" After Ma Rong got up, he did not talk too much nonsense, but said straight to the point: "King of Qi, I believe you also know that the foreign ministers came here with the purpose. Now that the Zhao army is heading south, my king wants to form an alliance with King Qi to reject the Zhao army together. I wonder what the King of Qi wants to do?"

The King of Qi did not care about Ma Rong's directness, but nodded and said, "Zhao State is powerful, and no party on Qi and Wei alone cannot resist it. It is reasonable to form an alliance, so I naturally agree. I wonder how your country plans to cooperate?"

Ma Rong nodded and said, "Return to the King of Qi, this time the Zhao army went south from three routes, two routes attacked our Great Wei, and one route attacked our State of Qi. Therefore, our Great Wei Sima proposed that we both take responsibility and share the relationship between our countries. Moreover, after repelling the Zhao army, we must support other major armies in time."

Ma Rong means that the State of Wei and Qi are each responsible for the Zhao army on their own borders, but no matter which army wins, they need to support other battlefields. At the same time, the intelligence of the two countries needs to be communicated with each other.

The King of Qi was also acceptable to this. Now both Qi and Wei are facing an attack from the 400,000 Zhao army, so it is not easy to be able to defend their own borders. As for the information exchange, it is necessary. Even if Wei does not propose it, the King of Qi will ask for this. After all, Wei and Zhao are former allies, and there are more borders than Qi, and they get more information than Qi, which is easier to obtain the situation within Zhao than Qi.

However, the King of Qi did not agree at once, but said: "I have basically no problem with the alliance strategy and cooperation proposed by your country. However, I have sent someone to Pengcheng to summon General Han to return to the court. After I discuss with General Han, I will give Ma Xiang a reply and ask Ma Xiang to stay in Linzi for some time."

Ma Rong thought about it and felt that the King of Qi was understandable. The alliance and cooperation between the two countries was a major event. As the number one member of the Qi military, Han Qing’s opinion was crucial, so he nodded and said, “Okay, the foreign ministers will wait for the King of Qi’s reply in Linzi, and hope that the King of Qi can eliminate the rifts in the past and cooperate sincerely with the Great Wei.”

In fact, after hearing the news that Zhao State was going south at any time, the King of Qi immediately recalled Han Qing, who was in charge of Pengcheng. When Qi State first arrived in the two Chus, in order to stabilize the situation between the two Chus, the King of Qi asked Han Qing to stay in Pengcheng to take charge. However, now that Qi State is in a great enemy, Han Qing, as the first commander of Qi, will naturally come back.

After the Central Plains War, Qi destroyed Song and Chu. In addition to expanding its territory, it also obtained a large number of capable ministers and generals, such as Li Jiqian, Guan Jun, Hu Yansong, Zhao Xuan of Song, Longchuan, Long Ao, Xiang Wei, Zhang Di, Zong Yuan, Yu Zilong, Cao Jian, Song Yu, Zang Ci, Liu Gao, Chen Ding, Chen Feng, Jiang Zi, etc. In terms of the lineup of famous generals, Qi State was completely worthy of Zhao State, but Zhao Xin, the world's number one general, was too famous, which led to the lack of confidence in the King of Qi.

Two days after Ma Rong arrived in Linzi, Han Qing also returned to Linzi from Pengcheng. After returning to Linzi, Han Qing immediately entered the palace to meet the King of Qi.

"I am Han Qing, paying homage to the king, for ten thousand years!" Han Qing walked into the hall and saluted the King Qi.

"General Han quickly asked for help!" Seeing Han Qing back, the King of Qi finally came to an end. Although Han Qing was not Zhao Xin's opponent in the past, it is undeniable that Han Qing is the Dinghai Sword of Qi. With Han Qing, Qi would not lose. Although his opponent is Zhao Xin, the world's number one general who won every battle, after all, Han Qing is the only person who has supported Zhao Xin's offensive since Zhao Xin's debut, which is enough to be proud.

"Thank you!" Han Qing stood up and said, "You dare to ask the king, you are so anxious to summon me to come back, but for the sake of Zhao State?" Han Qingyuan knew Zhao State's big moves in Pengcheng. After all, even a fool knew what Zhao State wanted to do on such a large-scale mobilization of troops and supplies.

The King of Qi nodded and said, "That's right, Zhao State has such a big move, I must have wanted to go south, so I urgently summoned the general to return to the court to deal with Zhao State."

Han Qing nodded and replied, "I wonder if the king knows the deployment of Zhao's army?"

The King of Qi said: "This time, Zhao State has been a huge army. According to the secret spies, the number of troops dispatched by Zhao State reached 800,000. Among them, the rookie Li Rubing of Zhao State commanded 200,000 soldiers to Qinghe County, famous general Zhang Chuan led 200,000 soldiers to Shangdang County, Zhao Xin and Sima Chong led 400,000 soldiers to Bohai County."

After hearing this, Han Qing frowned. Zhao State's intention was very obvious this time. He wanted to take the two countries of the Central Plains into one fell swoop. Thinking of this, Han Qing had to admire Zhao State's appetite. It was really big.

"King, according to the deployment of the Zhao army, he wants to attack our Great Qi and Wei in one fell swoop. I wonder what happened to Wei?" Since Zhao has made his intention clear, Wei cannot be without any movement, so Han Qing asked about the movements of Wei.

"Wei State has sent envoys to form an alliance with me. According to the envoy, Wei State has sent general Wei Bu to command a 100,000 army to Hanoi County. The great Sima Pang Kuo of Wei State personally led 100,000 troops to the north to strike against Li Rubing's troops in Qinghe County. According to the intentions of Kings of Wei and Pang Kuo, the Wei State will be responsible for dealing with Zhang Chuan and Li Rubing. This time the main opponent of our Great Qi is Zhao Xin and Sima Chong of Bohai." The King of Qi told Han Qing that the deployment of Wei State's troops was to Han Qing.

After hearing this, Han Qing nodded repeatedly. It seemed that in the face of Zhao's fierce force, Wei also took out the last power. Moreover, Han Qing could accept the way Wei fought against the enemy. Qi and Wei were not subordinate to each other. If they were united, it would be easier to have problems. It would be the best to take their own responsibilities. So he said: "That's good. Zhao's 800,000 troops went south. It is impossible to resist by our Great Qi or Wei. Only the two countries can cooperate sincerely to defeat the strong Zhao."

The King of Qi also agreed with Han Qing's statement. The Zhao State is too strong now. In fact, the King of Qi is very regretful now. When Zhao State destroyed Yan, if he had not been devoted to suppressing Wei State with Chu State in the Central Plains, but instead intervened in the battle between Zhao Yan, it would have been so easy for Zhao State to destroy Yan. However, there was no regret selling medicine in the world. Now the King of Qi can only suffer the consequences.

"I wonder what tricks the general can do to deal with the attack of Zhao?" King Qi asked Han Qing.

Han Qing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. It's September now, and it's about to enter the middle of winter. Zhao will never launch troops at this time. Even if you want to go south, you have to wait until the spring next year. We still have time to deploy."

The King of Qi nodded. The middle of winter was approaching, and even if Zhao was determined, he would not go south at this time. So the King of Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, this battle will be fully ruled by the general. Everything I need is needed. Even if I give all the strength of the whole country, I will satisfy the general."

"Thank you for your trust!" Han Qing said.

After communicating with Han Qing, the King of Qi met Ma Rong as soon as possible and informed Ma Rong about the alliance. Ma Rong was immediately happy and rushed back to Puyang.
Chapter completed!